12/5/2019

This file along with analysis.do & replication_data.dta provide all the necessary
materials to replicate the results in the forthcoming article in Political Behavior: 
"The Cultural Realignment of State White Electorates in the 21st Century"




*** Description of included files ***

The file "replication_data.dta" is a Stata datafile with the all of the variables
necessary to replicate the results in the paper.

The file "analysis.do" is the Stata code that uses replication_data.dta to conduct 
the analyses for the paper.



*** Variable Descriptions for replication_dat.dta [see article text for additional info] ***

-> state: state name

-> abbrev: state abbreviation

-> south: coded (1) for former Confederate states and (0) for all other states

-> pvote2000 pvote2004 pvote2008 pvote2012 pvote2016: state white presidential vote
     (Rep% minus Dem%) for the indicated years.

-> pid2000 pid2004 pid2008 pid2012 pid2016: state white partisanship for the indicated years.

-> cult2000 cult2004 cult2008 cult2012 cult2016: state white cultural issue attitudes for the indicated years.


-> econ2000: state white economic attitudes in 2000

-> racial2000: state white racial attitudes in 2000

-> black2000: state %African American

-> hispanic2000: state %Hispanic

-> pbachelors: state %with bachelors degree

-> adjinc_cap: state income per capita

-> urban2000: state %urban

-> p_evang: state proportion evangelical

-> conger2000: strength of Christian right in 2000 based on Conger

-> forborn2000: state %foreign born